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Visiting Qatar for FIFA 2022 World Cup? Here’s Where to Stay

Tents, cruise ships, shuttle fights and hotel rooms that start at $615 a night.

A poster of Germany’s goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer, dominates a building in West Bay, Doha

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World Cup procrastinators, you’re in luck.

Thousands of new hotel rooms recently became available for the 2022 FIFA men’s World Cup in Doha, Qatar’s capital city. Choices had been artificially limited: About 80% of rooms had been blocked by the football organization and the Qatari government, while some resorts still under construction hadn’t opened reservations.